This Day in Music History: May 28

May 28, 2017

We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.

 

Today: May 28.

 

1966: Percy Sledge started a two week run at the top of the US singles chart with the song 'When A Man Loves A Woman'. It reached the No.4 spot on the UK chart and the No.2 spot when it was re-issued in 1987. Before the recording session, the song had no title nor lyrics. The session proceeded with the expectation that Sledge would produce them for the vocal takes. When time came to record the vocals, Sledge improvised them with minimal pre-planning, using the melody as a guide for rhythm and phrasing. The performance was very convincing to the point that others who were working the session assumed he actually had the lyrics written down.

 

1973: The Dark Side of The Moon by Pink Floyd was on both the UK and US album charts. The album remained on the US charts for 741 discontinuous weeks from 1973 to 1988, longer than any other album in history.

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1977: Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers played together for the very first time. They performed together as part of Mike Howlett's band, Strontium 90 in Paris France.

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1983: Actress and singer Irene Cara started a six week run at the top of the US singles chart with 'Flashdance...What A Feeling'. The song is taken from the film 'Flashdance' and reached the No.2 spot in the UK.

 

1983: Rapidfire appeared at Gazzarri’s On The Sunset Strip, in Los Angles. They featured singer Axl Rose, who was seen for the very first time by guitarist Slash, who at the time was in the audience.

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1996: Dave Gahan, singer of Depeche Mode, was rushed to Cedars Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles after he apparently overdosed of drugs. He was later arrested for possession of cocaine and heroin.

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2000: Britney Spears topped the US album chart with 'Oops!... I Did It Again'. It was Britney's second album which also topped the charts in 13 other countries worldwide and has now sold more than 20 million copies.

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